I don't really ever do reviews and recommendations but after two weeks at The Palms Villa Resort, I feel compelled to do so.


The villas have been beautifully designed, are secluded, relaxing, clean, have fantastic views and furnished to a very high standard. There are french doors to every room so a real case of bringing the outdoors in.


The team at The Palms are very attentive but no so much that it derives from your privacy. You arrive to a fridge stocked with all the basics to set you up and the all important local beer, Carib. You can never have too much Carib!


There are fluffy pool towels supplied, your own pool to do the promised 100 laps a day (yeah ok I failed after day two ... too relaxed you know), a selection of books and magazines to read. The villas have a plentiful supply of CDs and movies, with more available if so required.


David Byrne and his team at The Palms can arrange boat trips, deep sea fishing, the best diving, great guides for the rainforest and excellent recommendations for beaches, days out and restaurants (and bless them, they'll even book your reservations for you too).


The Palms don't disappoint and I would highly recommend.


Carl

I love Tobago, what a relexed, fantastic taste of the Caribean. I choose to stay at the Palms as one of my friends had stayed there the year previous to my trip and said it was the perfect way to spend 2 weeks. On arriving at the villa's we was treated perfectly by David, Sue - Ann and Karen. The resort was even more beautiful that the web site had shown. It was clean, beautifully decorated and there was everything there that you could possibly ever need on a 2 week holiday. My family enjoyed spending time in the villa, had great fun by day by the pool and relaxing evenings on the veranda with the BBq and plenty of Carib, the local brew. The Island itself was delightful, friendly and very safe. If you have the chance to spend time at the Palms resort you really must as myself and my family had the best of times. Thank you to the resort staff for their friendly, helpful attitudes. 10 out of 10 !!! I could not have wished for a better holiday.

I got married in september 08 and chose the Palms because they catered for the whole affair and could handle 165 and more people. The villas are beautiful and very well kept, we had 6 tents all decorated with bourganvilla and steven dolly of colours restaurant gave us great local food with a twist.
Well, a great time was had by all and I will visit them again a very relaxing time and the staff are more like my friends now.

Although I have visited Tobago 3 times in the last 5 years, this was the first time the kids had come along. Tobago is one of the safest places I've visited, but like anywhere it wise to take precautions against petty theft – we had no issue, the people of Tobago are warm, welcoming and some of the nicest people we have met.

As we searched for a comfortable, secure location, the obvious candidates were considered - Hilton, Coca Reef and the Lowland Plantation Villas (on the Hilton development).

Coca Reef is beautiful but extremely expensive - particularly when there is a family of six to accommodate. The Hilton (I’ve stay previously) is now in a very poor state of repair. Although we enjoyed breakfast there a couple of days (expensive but great breakfast), I would never stay there again. It is secure, but I'd avoid it at all cost. We also looked at Lowland plantation villas, they are lovely, but availability was an issue in April 08. I then stumbled upon the Palm Villas Report in Signal Hill. Five luxury villas sat in 10 acre development surrounded by beautiful forest – a totally secure gated compound.

Not cheap at £1700 per week, but it does include car hire, each villa has 3 bedrooms (one master bedroom (one double bed) and two upstairs rooms each with TWO double beds.

We stayed in Tranquility House and it was perfect. Totally private, very comfortable, private pool (kids often in the pool at 10 and 11pm), very clean, air con bedrooms, great kitchen (incl laundry) Wi-Fi (it was slow!) TV (all US channels, although we did watch Man U v. Arsenal live on ESPN), DVD’s, games for the evenings, great daily housekeeping staff, close by stores and all within a 10 minutes drive of stunning beaches. If you’re considering this as an option, don’t hesitate.

All of the staff we responsive, very friendly and the owner of the development popped over from time to time to make sure all was well (an English chap). There was no lengthy itinerary to go through on arrival and departure and they also had a very relaxed attitude to check out (Although this depends on whether anyone is staying in the villa immediately after you – we got lucky)

BTW you may find that you share the villa with the odd gecko (totally harmless and good amusement for the kids) and lot of hummingbirds that come to the feeder each day.

All in all, a great base for yet another wonderful TOBAGO experience.